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NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
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I am totally smitten with the intricate drawings of Japanese artist Shunshun. It’s worth clicking through to see them in detail. [kottke.org]
Intricate Drawings by Shunshun
I am totally smitten with the intricate drawings of Japanese artist Shunshun. It’s worth clicking through to see them in detail. Here’s a look at his process:
You can follow Shunshun on Instagram.
kottke.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I am totally smitten with the intricate drawings of Japanese artist Shunshun. It’s worth clicking through to see them in detail. [kottke.org]
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NEW: Data shows that as of June 15, fully 30% of all people arrested by ICE and sent to detention had NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
June 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NEW: Data shows that as of June 15, fully 30% of all people arrested by ICE and sent to detention had NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
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"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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Maybe @maddow.msnbc.com will start doing her deep dive reporting on this 🙏🙏🙏 The people we don’t see - or hear from - are the insidious core of this administration @jennycohn.bsky.social Your 🧵s offer a blueprint for rooting them out.
“Peter Thiel’s protégés: a common thread runs through Trump’s tech team *** Thiel isn’t a visible part of Trump 2.0—but his fingerprints are everywhere.”
5/21/25
1/ fortune.com/2025/05/21/p...
5/21/25
1/ fortune.com/2025/05/21/p...
Peter Thiel’s protégés: a common thread runs through Trump’s tech team
Vice President J.D. Vance and Elon Musk are among Thiel's Silicon Valley collaborators that now find themselves in Trump's D.C. circle.
fortune.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Maybe @maddow.msnbc.com will start doing her deep dive reporting on this 🙏🙏🙏 The people we don’t see - or hear from - are the insidious core of this administration @jennycohn.bsky.social Your 🧵s offer a blueprint for rooting them out.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
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NEW: The Trump Administration Knew Most Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Had No U.S. Crime Convictions
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NEW: The Trump Administration Knew Most Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Had No U.S. Crime Convictions
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now that's a Chart of the Week (from @gelliottmorris.com):
May 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
now that's a Chart of the Week (from @gelliottmorris.com):
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🚨BREAKING: A CEO says he offered Trump IRS pick Billy Long an inauguration ticket & was promised an IRS "private letter ruling" by Long, according to recordings reviewed by The Lever.
The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
CEO Says Trump’s IRS Pick Promised Big Benefits
Recordings reveal a finance executive claiming he offered Trump’s IRS nominee Billy Long an inauguration ticket — and was promised tax benefits if confirmed.
www.levernews.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested
Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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🚨We gotta call bullshit: the SAVE Act makes it harder for rural Americans to vote.
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨We gotta call bullshit: the SAVE Act makes it harder for rural Americans to vote.
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
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May 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and…
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
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Every decision from this administration is like a doctor saying we are removing this vital organ because it uses blood
The National Park Service budget represents a tiny fraction of the total federal budget, less than one-fifteenth of one percent. The National Park Service's budget in 2023 was $3.6 billion, and that expenditure generated $55.6 billion in economic activity. www.npca.org/articles/842...
President Trump’s Proposed Budget Takes Axe to National Park Service
“This is the most extreme, unrealistic and destructive National Park Service budget a President has ever proposed in the agency’s 109-year history. It’s nothing less than an all-out assault on America...
www.npca.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Every decision from this administration is like a doctor saying we are removing this vital organ because it uses blood
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Republicans are trying to make it *legal* for the government to abduct, deport (ship off to secret sites, executively do whatever they want) to any citizen or occupant of the United States without due process.
Read that f*cking sentence again, because I don’t think you understand how serious it is!
Read that f*cking sentence again, because I don’t think you understand how serious it is!
May 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Republicans are trying to make it *legal* for the government to abduct, deport (ship off to secret sites, executively do whatever they want) to any citizen or occupant of the United States without due process.
Read that f*cking sentence again, because I don’t think you understand how serious it is!
Read that f*cking sentence again, because I don’t think you understand how serious it is!
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April 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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While it is understandable to focus attention on Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law, we must not lose sight of the fact that it is the Republican Congress enabling his authoritarianism. Ignoring their complicity in Trump’s actions is a mistake—both legally and strategically.
One Hundred Days of Republican Complicity
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
While it is understandable to focus attention on Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law, we must not lose sight of the fact that it is the Republican Congress enabling his authoritarianism. Ignoring their complicity in Trump’s actions is a mistake—both legally and strategically.
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The grift comes full circle.
Musk took a $465M government loan to build Tesla—now he’s using DOGE to kill off the very office that helped him succeed—because it might help the next innovator, not him.
This isn’t “efficiency.” It’s sabotage!
Musk took a $465M government loan to build Tesla—now he’s using DOGE to kill off the very office that helped him succeed—because it might help the next innovator, not him.
This isn’t “efficiency.” It’s sabotage!
April 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The grift comes full circle.
Musk took a $465M government loan to build Tesla—now he’s using DOGE to kill off the very office that helped him succeed—because it might help the next innovator, not him.
This isn’t “efficiency.” It’s sabotage!
Musk took a $465M government loan to build Tesla—now he’s using DOGE to kill off the very office that helped him succeed—because it might help the next innovator, not him.
This isn’t “efficiency.” It’s sabotage!
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Once more, the $DJT 8-K:
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Once more, the $DJT 8-K:
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The old fashioned kind of bribery in plain sight, as opposed to the kind where the Binance address proves it's foreign influence peddling.
We REALLY need to figure out how to talk about this better.
We REALLY need to figure out how to talk about this better.
NEW: The Trump Organization has agreed to a new Middle East golf course and real estate deal that involves a Qatari government-owned firm, two weeks before President Trump is set to travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on a state visit.
with Vivian Nereim
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with Vivian Nereim
nyti.ms/4k2vDFH
New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to Foreign Government (Gift Article)
The Trump Organization agreed to partner on a real estate project in Qatar in the latest of a series of projects tied to foreign governments.
nyti.ms
April 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The old fashioned kind of bribery in plain sight, as opposed to the kind where the Binance address proves it's foreign influence peddling.
We REALLY need to figure out how to talk about this better.
We REALLY need to figure out how to talk about this better.